Sensor for communication with refrigerator and control system for refrigerator including the sensor
US10775101B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 18, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/2654
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Provided is a sensor package in a refrigerator configured to provide information related to refrigerated food. The sensor package may include a body having a mark classified by a type of food allocated to the sensor package and indicating the type of food of a food to which the sensor package is coupled, a battery, an operation switch, a memory configured to store food information corresponding to the type of food corresponding to the mark, a sensor communication module that communicates with a display provided in the refrigerator, a sensing module that senses state information associated with the food, and a sensor control module that controls the sensor communication module to initiate communication between the sensor package and the display of the refrigerator based on the state information sensed by the sensing module.
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